CEBU Restaurant

I love this place! Maybe the paper covers and menu might throw you off but the owner is a great host and server. Great environment and service. My boyfriend's first time trying Filipino food and he loves it. Instant hits and favorite for him.

We ordered Kare Kare and Dinaguan and halo halo. Decent presentation, ate so fast forgot to take photos.

This place isn't like other restaurants you might be used to. My favorite is the paper covers, it takes you off ur phone and you can draw and entertain yourselves with the drawing materials provided!

Life is kind of what you make of it, and if you can make the most of this place by enjoying everything it has to offer then you'll love it like I did.

Location is not far from the highway, and good trail if you need to burn off some calories :)

Will be making the occasional 40minute drive for this place.

Driving to Olympia for the Memorial Weekend, and I thought, why not search if there's any Filipino restaurant nearby. Yes! There is! We were seated right away, the minute we stepped inside.

We ordered the Empanada appetizers. Pacific Pork Ribs, it came with broccoli, special rice and the Pinakbet. It came with shrimp, pork, eggplant, okra, squash, onions, bitter melon. And, the vegetables are not crispy like stir-fried! They're flavored and cooked just right.

Inside, it felt homey. I love the Filipino theme decor. Angel, the owner was friendly, happy (you can tell he's passionate about his restaurant), and attentive. Angel reminds me of a friend of mine, like his 'twin brother'.
After we're done eating, he surprised us with wrapped Mangorind. It was another first for us! It's actually better than after dinner mints or chocolates.

I will definetly come back and/or recommend this place. Since it's Memorial Weekend, it was almost as if my friend brought us here today, in spirit.

Thank you for your service! RIP, Freddie!

Just had an amazing dinner at Cebu. Exotic Filipino foods fresh with amazing taste that you don't get anywhere else. The owner Angel is from the Philippines and has been the owner of this business for the last 20 years. He left his job as a banker because he loves Filipino food. His mother does the cooking so you know it's good. we devoured half of the food before we took pictures of it so sorry about the half filled half eaten plates.

If you ever come to Lacey, Washington, look up Cebu you will be treated with a great experience.

For starters , I am a huge fan of Filipino food. The fact that there is in one in Lacey makes me very happy .

Now, let's get into the food okay ? For starters i have chicken pancit. I love the fact how you can choose your meat for the pancit, it was very flavorful. Lumpia , i love to pieces it was the right amount crisp and that crunch was AMAZING! Now the adobo i had the pork one ( only one option) but it was very tender and juice. Please know i was doing my happy dance.

The service was really nice. I'm going to assume the owner was the one who serviced me, he was super sweet and talked about how this was the big 3 combo. Basically the ones you gotta get together, if ya know ya know okay !! I did take out so i didn't get to sit inside but next time i will.

Food 10/10
Service 11/10

Oh yum--always looking for food delivery (we use Uber Eats) and we got delicious food tonight! Lumpia, pancit bijou (chicken) and afritada tonight---will be reordering soon to try some of the other treats

Great pork belly. I'm a fan of the pork belly, dipped in vinegar sauce. Good food, great service. Calamari appetizer was good. Looking forward to ordering other items from the menu next time.

Nice, home-like Filipino restaurant in the Lacey area. The ambiance reminded me of dining at one of my Filipino relatives house. Visited here on a hot August afternoon. Upon arrival, we noticed that their A/C was not working so it felt a little muggy in the dining area.

We started our meal with the Lumpia Shanghai served with a sweet and sour dipping sauce. They were fried just right, not over cooked. Our entrees were the Ginataang Lanka which is a vegetable dish and the Lechon Kawali, a pan fried pork belly dish. The portions were enough for us to finish our meal without any leftovers. The service was great and our meal, while underwhelming in size, left us craving for more.

Oh my! Another Filipino restaurant option close by! Had to try it after going to a nearby Pumpkin Patch. First of, the owner was very nice and hospitable. Exactly what you expect from Filipinos. It was like we stepped right into his house! He made me & my son feel right at home. The food is made to order so it will take some time to get your food. We waited about 25min maybe 30min.

I didn't know what to expect, it was our first time. Looking at the menu, I thought the pricing was for a la carte or family style. However, each dish is served in a plate w rice. Like a lunch plate. It was the main dish, heavily sauced, and rice on the side. I prefer to lightly sauce my rice so if you are like me I would suggest asking for rice on the side.

Here's the lowdown:
Lumpia Shanghai- Taste approved by my 5yo. Made to order per the owner and a good portion too!

Escabeche- Fish w/ vegetables and sweet n sour sauce. I'm used to it being served as whole fried fish. This was a fillet. A bit too sweet but overall it was ok. Too sauced for me.

Garlic Shrimp- Could use more garlic or another level of flavor. Maybe keep the shrimp heads on! :) I did appreciate the Achara on the side.

Pork Adobo- The Filipino staple. None is as good as Mom's of course but this one was good enough. I really wish it was simmered for longer because the pork was still tough! :(

Will I go back? I will go back when we are in the area. I really enjoyed the friendliness of the owner and I can tell the food was prepared with love. I still want to try the other dishes and the Halo Halo!

Support this local business and stop by.

Cebu Restaurant (Olympia/Lacey Wa)

Walked in the dark, there's no lighting throughout the eating/hallway. Musty environment and no a/c except the fan which is not efficient in cooling the area where customers eat. This is an indecent restaurant, you'll be disappointed .

Not a lot of choices, but that might be because we came in when they opened and they were still working to get dishes out onto the steam table. The food was solid, but nothing stood out to me as crave worthy. Tried the menudo and pancit, but it was meh. My parents were so so about their choices. Would've given them three stars, but had to drop them to two because the one guy serving stopped taking our order when a call came in and went to another room to take the phone order. I understand that in these times you don't want to lose any sale, but I was taught in retail that when a call comes, you deal with the customer in front of you first because that is a sale in the bag. He just seemed really rude and even though I can't blame him for not wanting to be there, he should just try to act like he appreciates his customer's business.